Screen-door catch and lock.



PATENTBD FEB. 18, 190s H. HUNTER. SCREEN DOOR CATCH ANDLCK. APPLIGATION FILED 0011.25, 1966.

:E IIE- I- rf 4 H 2 7 HOMER| HUNTER, OF PRESCOTT, ARIZONA HUNDREDTHS TO ALFRED. L. LITTLE,

TERRITORY, ASSIGNOR 0F FORTY ONE- OF PRESCOTT, ARIZONA TERRITORY.

SCREEN-DOOR CATC'H AND LOCK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

retenue nb, 1s, 190e.

Application lied October 26. 19076. Serial No. $40.52).

To all whom 'it may concern.'

Be it known'that I, HOMER HUNTER, a citizen of the United States, resid' at Prescott, in the county of Yavapai anldlerritory of Arizona, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Screen-Door Catches and Locks; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in screen door catches.

T he object of the invention is to provide a screen-door catch and check ada ted to be applied to a screen door, means being prov1 edwhereby the door may be fastened in any desired position, as when closed and the parts of the catch e aged.

With the above an other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel fea'- tures of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view through a portion of a screen door and j amb, show' the application of the invention theretolllfig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the parts of the device showing the same engaged; and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the device, showing the parts separated.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 denotes the Jamb member of the catch, said member com rising the kee er 2, which is here shown and) is preferably ormed of a strip or plate of spring metal bent t6 form an eye or passage 3 and laterallyprojecting substantially parallel clamping lates 4, the ends of which are bent or fiare outwardly,

as shown at 5.

Adapted to be inserted through the eye or passage 3 is a screw or other fastening device 6 ada ted to be screwed into e agement with t e u er cross piece of the ooi` jamb to hold sai keeper in place thereon. In the eye or passage 3 and coiled around the screw 6 is a spring 7, one end of which extends outwardly above the keeper, and' has its end bent downwardly into 'engagement with the outer side of one of the clamping plates 4 while the o posite end of the spring projects outwardly llieneath the keeper and has its end bent upwardly into engagement with the Vouter slde of the opposing clamping plate.

, catc press the clamping plates 4 together'or toward each other.

The door member 8 of the catch is referably formed from a single piece or p ate of metal bent upon itself midway between its ends to form a to e 9, at the inner end of which the ends ofltd plate are bent in opposite directions at right angles to the tongue 9 and are provided with holes through which screws are inserted ,toattach said member to the door frame. cured to the door orscreen frame in such position that when the latter is closed the tongue 9 Awhich isv referably flat, will be projected between tiib flat clam ing .plates 4, which will grip the same and Ihold the door in closed the lates 4 upon the tongue 9 serves as a and check when the door is violently swung to a closed position, thereby reventing the slamming or banging of the oor.

The tongue 9 is provided with a retaining tion 10, with which is adapted to be e aged a hook 12 pivotally mounted upon the ower end of the keeper screw 6, whereby whenthe door is swung `o, the same may be looked in a closed position., n

While I have shown the keeper as being provided with a coil spring to increase the resistance of the clamping plates 4, it is obvious that the keeper may be employed Without the use of the spring, the grippi action of the clamping lates being provide for by the yielding qualities or spring of the metal from which the keeper is formed.

From theforegomg description, taken in The tension of saidspring ends is. exerted to I The door member 8 is sey position. The gripping action of i portion or surface, as by means of a perforaconnection with the accompanying drawings, theconstruction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without re uiring a more extended explanation.

aving thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure ters-Patent, is: v

1. A screen door catch comprising a flat member having a perforation in its lower edge and provided with a base for securing it in position, a clam ing member having an eye at one end and aring plates at the other adapted to engage with saidv flat member above said perforation, a fastening screw by Letthrough said eye, and a hook on the screw between its head and the'eye, the free end of the hook being adapted to enter said perfoposition, and a flat tongue adapted to bel forced between said free ends and provided with a perforated base for securing 1t in position. l

3. In a screen door catchand lock, a metallic plate folded upon itself to form an eye and having its free ends in yielding Contact, a wire coil in said eye7 the ends of'whch are bent in opposite directions and engage with l said free ends to assist in holding them to- 'i get-her, a screw through said coil, a hook on the screw between its head and the coil, and a member constructed to be attached to the door and having a tongue adapted to enter between andbe engaged by said free ends, i said tongue being provided with a perforation for the reception of said hook. i

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

Holman HUNTER. l Witnesses: JOHN H. ORTHEL, l F. G. MoCoY. 

